We continued to eat, conversation light and pleasant.
“So, how’s the baby name debate going?” Wally asked.
I groaned, rolling my eyes. “Don’t even get me started.”
“We’re stuck between Alexander or Matthew if one’s a boy,” Jesse explained.
“No,” I said firmly. “You’restuck between Alexander and Matthew. If they’re boys, I want to name them Peter and Jack.”
“Peter and Jack are such boring names,” Jesse argued.
“And Alexander and Matthew sound way too stuffy!”
“We can always shorten it and call them Alex and Matt.”
“Oh, sure. It’s the length of the names that’s the problem.”
Wally chuckled. “And if they’re girls?”
Jesse rubbed his temples. “No, not this again.”
“Anastasia and Charlotte,” I announced.
“No,” he said. “I thought we agreed on Isabella and Daisy.”
“Oh my God, we’re never going to agree on anything. Can we just pull an Elon Musk and give them numbers in their names?”
“I love my children too much to do that.”
“Okay, fair. I guess it’s back to the drawing board.”
Jesse sighed. “Look, how about we let Wally decide?”
Wally threw his hands up and shook his head. “Nope. Leave me out of it.”
“Maybe we could ask Molly?” I suggested.
“She’s biased. She’ll obviously agree with you.”
“And what? Wally isn’t biased? He’d just agree withyou.”
“Maybe I should give Theo and Ava a call.”
“But there’s two of them. We need an odd number of votes for a deal breaker.”
“Ugh, okay. How about—” Jesse’s phone rang, interrupting him mid-sentence. He checked the screen and frowned. “Ah, shit. It’s work.”
“It’s after work hours,” I pointed out, mildly disappointed. “You promised, babe. No phone calls after seven.”
“I’m sorry, angel. It’s Devin. You know he only ever calls if it’s an emergency. I’ll be sure to tell him off.”
“You’d better,” I mumbled.
“Excuse me just a sec. I’ll be out in the hall.” Jesse got up from the table and kissed the top of my head before leaving for a more private area to speak.
“Things seem to be going pretty well between you two,” Wally observed aloud. “Apart from the whole baby name thing.”
I giggled. “Yeah. We normally agree on everything, but this is turning out to be a lot harder than we first thought.”